Ledbetter v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2009 WL 1067018 (D.Colo. April 21, 2009) A couple of electricians were severely burned when the electrical system they were working on in an Aurora, Colorado Wal-Mart shorted out. They sued Wal-Mart over their injuries. One of the plaintiffs’ wives brought a claim for loss of consortium. During discovery, Wal-Mart [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The Pirate Bay verdict is no big deal
April 17th, 2009
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The big news story of the day is the guilty verdict from a Swedish court against the four guys behind The Pirate Bay. The judge sentenced them to a year in prison for facilitating copyright infringement and also ordered them to pay millions of dollars. The righteous indignation flows like akvavit. I cannot see any [...]
Website terms of service provide basis for exercise of personal jurisdiction
April 9th, 2009
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CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Field, — F.Supp.2d —-, 2009 WL 841132 (D.Md. March 31, 2009) Personal jurisdiction cases — even ones that involve the internet — are generally not all that interesting. But the case of CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Field is worth noting because of the way the personal jurisdiction analysis was [...]
Technology ethics: Seminar on responsible telephone use
April 1st, 2009
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As an attorney I feel an obligation to preach to you about what’s right and what’s wrong. People routinely trivialize this important duty by characterizing the subject matter as “ethics” or “professionalism.” As a technology attorney, especially as one cool enough to use Twitter and be on Facebook, I feel a special obligation to instruct [...]
